Data from the free Total Consumer Spend 2010 Report published by games industry market research specialist Newzoo shows how big changes in consumer spending are transforming the games industry. With Americans spending $24.7bn on games of all kind, the total gamers’ wallet only shows a minor decline of 2% since last year.

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Remember our last post about Elsword gaining popularity in Japan? (It was actually titled “Elsword suits Japanese gamers’ tastes”). Now Elsword is targeting Vietnamese gamers. KOG, the developer of Elsword, has signed a license agreement with VNG, the largest online contents publishing company in Vietnam, to service Elsword in Vietnam starting from next year.

Soul of the Ultimate Nation: World Edition (hereafter, SUN Online), a MMORPG by Webzen, will be coming to Russia. On December 1st, Webzen signed a license deal with INNOVA to service SUN Online in Russia (Under the NDA, specific details about the contract are kept undisclosed).

Rappelz, a 3D “creature revolution” MMORPG developed by Gala Lab, the subsidiary game studio of the Gala Group, is now targeting the newly rising Brazillian market. Through Gala-Net Brazil, a local branch of the Gala Group, Rappelz’s first CBT was carried out this November. After having successfully completed its CBT, Rappelz is now looking forward to launching the first OBT.

Giga Slave, a casual shooting MMO developed by GNi Soft and published by SesiSoft is officially branching out to the world with the help of this year’s G-Star. During the G-Star period, SesiSoft managed to establish export deals with various local publishers, those of which include AsiaSoft, in charge of Thailand service, and Aeria Games, in charge of Giga Slave service in the United States, Europe, and South America.

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